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Azalea Gale Julian Cagayan State University

This document discusses several third gender categories from different cultures around the world, including fa'afafine from Samoa, hijra from India and Pakistan, Two-Spirit from Native North American tribes, and cross-gendered identities among Inuit peoples. For each group, it provides brief details on their social roles and how their gender identities are understood within their respective cultures based on spiritual or family traditions.

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Azalea Gale Julian Cagayan State University

This document discusses several third gender categories from different cultures around the world, including fa'afafine from Samoa, hijra from India and Pakistan, Two-Spirit from Native North American tribes, and cross-gendered identities among Inuit peoples. For each group, it provides brief details on their social roles and how their gender identities are understood within their respective cultures based on spiritual or family traditions.

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AZALEA GALE JULIAN

Cagayan State University


THIRD GENDER
• It is a broad term used to identify people of
various cultures whose gender identity is
other than male/female.
• Unique to their culture
Some THIRD GENDER categories:
• “Fa’afafine” of Samoa
• “Hijra” of India and Pakistan
• “Two Spirit” of the Native North Americans
• “Cross gendered” of Inuit
Fa’afafine of Samoa
• “In the way of the woman”
• Neither participant in male-to-male sexual
acts are considered homosexual
• They are inherently rooted in family
Hijra of India and Pakistan
• Hjr (Semitic Arabic) = “Leaving one’s tribe”
• Hindi to English transalation = “Eunuch” or
“Hermaphrodite”
• They wear female clothing and renounce their
sexual desires by sacrificial emasculation
(nirwaan)
Berdache/Two-Spirit
• The term applies to those
who were believed to possess
masculine and feminine
spirits
• Spiritual people
• They often take the clothing
and work of both men and
women
“Cross-Gendered” of Inuit
• Legend of the “Strange Man”
• The Itijjuaq Myth
• Both stories focused heavily
on the role of higher spirits
and ancestors who protect
those who do not fall within
the categories of a man or
woman.

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